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Ernest Howard Shepard
1879-1976
Alexander Beetle and his Match Box
1927
Pen and black ink, over pencil, on paper.
2 15/16 x 6 9/16 inches (76 x 167 mm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander O. Vietor in memory of their daughter, Barbara Foster Vietor.
1980.82:2
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
One of five illustrations for A.A. Milne's poem "Forgiven" from "Now We Are Six", London, 1927.
Inscription:
Inscribed on mount, "Four drawings showing Beetle Alexander including / one with Christopher Robin and showing Nanny / on a chair. From "Now We Are Six" pp. 48-50"; at lower left, partially trimmed, "Forgiven / "Now We Are Six".
Provenance:
John F. Fleming, New York.
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